Posts Categorized: Wildland
Four Mile Canyon Fire (update)
AP reports eight people are still unaccounted for in the foothills above Boulder today, two days after the Four Mile Canyon charged through the area.
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Wildfire Claims Firefighters’ Homes
A WIND-WHIPPED WILDFIRE NEAR DENVER, COLORADO, has swept across more than 3,500 acres Monday and this morning, destroying an unknown number of homes including four houses owned by firefighters working the blaze.
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Wind Driven Fire Destroys Homes Near Boulder Colorado
High winds pushed flames through a community near Boulder Colorado overnight burning dozens of homes and causing 3,000 area residents to flee. Fox News reports four firefighters have lost homes in the blaze.
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Another Arson Wildfire in Europe
A FOREST FIRE STARTED FRIDAY IN LANDES, FRANCE, on Friday and was determined early to have been an arson.
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Speeding Wildfire Contained in France
Monday afternoon around 1 pm the first of several fires started in the brush and scrub land in and around Herault, Meze and Fontanes.
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Wildfire Sweeps Through 11 Homes in Oregon
A GRASS FIRE NEAR ASHLAND, OREGON, RACED INTO A neighborhood and destroyed 11 homes before the fire departments could contain it Tuesday afternoon.
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Around The Fire Web
AROUND THE FIRE BLOGS
Firegeezer's SUNDAY EMERGENCY! - Your weekly dose of EMERGENCY!
Backstep Firefighter - Willy and the Firemen
STATter911 - Covering Boston's 9-bagger! Biggest in 25 years for the Jakes!
Firehouse Zen - Roto-Ray and Feder…
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Pozo Fire, Room To Run 1,200 Acres in First Three Hours
You never know when one will stick and become a multi-week, 100,000 acre monster. The "Pozo Fire" started at 1300 hrs today in the Pozo area of San Luis Obispo County on the Central California coast has the makings of one of those
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Riley Ignorant of Routley Team Wanting Thomas Out?! Rigghhtt!
NOTE: The title of this story is loaded with sarcasm.
CHARLESTON - In the wake of the Sofa Super Store fire in June 2007, which took the lives of nine firefighters, Charleston Mayor Joe Riley said the city would be remembered for how it responded to the…
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Russia’s Putin In The Cockpit of Air Tanker Dropping Water Over Fires
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin eased into the cockpit of a Be-200 air tanker after takeoff and took an active part in fighting the devastating fires ravaging Western Russia by releasing water over two fires today.
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When Fire is Good
The Slope Fire is currently burning in the high country of Yosemite National Park, north of Yosemite Valley and west of Tuolumne Meadows. The lightning caused blaze was discovered after a series of lightning storms lit up the area on or around July 25
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Moscow Shrouded In Smoke, 1.8 Million Acres Scorched
Muscovites advised to hang wet sheets in open windows to filter smoke.
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Russia Wildfire Update
THE DEVASTATING WILDFIRES IN CENTRAL RUSSIA CONTINUE TO overwhelm the thousands of firefighters, volunteers and military people who have been battling the hundreds of fires since last week.
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FF and Fire Wife Blogs
Updated August 2010: Blogs by the firefighter and ems community including blogs by firefighter's wives.
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Russia Wildfire Update
This is one of the most gripping videos we've seen in a long time. Four young men attempting to drive out of harms way find themselves surrounded by the fire and are trapped.
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Aerial Tanker Crash in Canada
A CANADIAN AERIAL FIRE TANKER CRASHED last night (Saturday) in British Columbia.
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Wildfire Catastrophe in Russia
AN UNBEARABLE COMBINATION OF A HEAT WAVE, high winds, and an ongoing drought have combined to put much of Russia into a state of emergency as wildfires break out by the scores.
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“Ill Equipped” Russia Battling Deadly Wildfires
*Russian president, ordered the armed forces to help douse the fires on Friday, admitting that Russia was technically ill-equipped to combat the escalating crisis
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FIREFIGHTER EAST Magazine
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A new online firefighter online magazine has appeared on the horizon. It is FIREFIGHTER EAST and it looks to be a solid publication. Not to be in com…
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Crown Fire Update
According to KTLA (Live Feed) telecopter reporter Alex Calder the Ana Verde and Quartz Hill developments near Palmdale are areas of concern today as the Crown Fire pushes east.
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SoCal Wildfire: Crown Fire Blows Up Near 2009 Station Fire Burn
The Crown Fire started today in the Angeles National Forest abutting the northern perimeter of last years Station Fire near Acton and Agua Dulce.
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California Brush Fires Claim 40 Homes, Still Spreading.
TWO FAST-MOVING BRUSH FIRES IN KERN COUNTY, California, have raced through 17,000 acres and destroyed at least 40 homes.
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Wildfire Season Pops Up in Portugal
THE WILDFIRE SEASON TOOK OFF IN A BIG WAY this week in Portugal. Many grass and forest fires blew up and as of 7 pm Tuesday evening there were 23 active fires keeping more than 900 firefighters busy....
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Menacing Wildfire Threatens Towns Around Marseille
THE FIRST WILDFIRE OF THE SEASON took off Saturday evening in the southern region of Rhone, France.
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Fire Web Round-Up
NATIONAL FIRE NEWS
Bridgeport, CT: Double LODD in 3 story house fire - FireGeezer Report / STATter911 Report
Baltimore, MD - Firehouse Conference: FireGeezer Report / Fire Critic Report / Fire Daily Report
FIRE BLOG NEWS
Firehouse Zen: Evolution a…
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